diff --git a/cmake/system.cmake b/cmake/system.cmake
index 61f96edb0..d803bb9eb 100644
--- a/cmake/system.cmake
+++ b/cmake/system.cmake
@@ -310,6 +310,8 @@ if (MIXED_MEMORY_ALLOCATION)
   set(CCOMMON_OPT "${CCOMMON_OPT} -DMIXED_MEMORY_ALLOCATION")
 endif ()
 
+set(CCOMMON_OPT "${CCOMMON_OPT} -DVERSION=\"\\\"${OpenBLAS_VERSION}\\\"\"")
+
 set(REVISION "-r${OpenBLAS_VERSION}")
 set(MAJOR_VERSION ${OpenBLAS_MAJOR_VERSION})